Eaton County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

95 precincts · 65,208 votes cast

Trump · R+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−3.1%	31,056	33,102	65,208
2020	R	−0.8%	31,299	31,798	64,327
2016	R	−4.7%	24,938	27,609	56,575
2012	D	+3.1%	27,913	26,197	54,788
2008	D	+8.4%	30,742	25,900	57,616
2004	R	−7.8%	25,411	29,781	55,755
2000	R	−3.2%	23,211	24,803	49,272
1996	R	−0.7%	19,781	20,092	44,666
1992	R	−4.0%	16,752	18,669	47,883
1988	R	−22.3%	15,322	24,193	39,806
1984	R	−45.6%	10,290	27,720	38,199
1980	R	−25.5%	12,742	22,927	39,977
1976	R	−28.9%	12,083	22,120	34,750
1972	R	−38.3%	8,986	20,413	29,811
1968	R	−23.5%	8,347	14,184	24,826
1964	D	+17.0%	12,590	8,919	21,555
1960	R	−34.3%	6,912	14,163	21,149
1956	R	−38.8%	6,053	13,762	19,850
1952	R	−45.0%	5,170	13,723	19,018
1948	R	−32.8%	4,264	8,637	13,320
1944	R	−32.5%	5,049	9,975	15,140
1940	R	−27.1%	5,645	9,864	15,594
1936	D	+0.9%	6,780	6,649	14,031
1932	D	+7.9%	6,887	5,840	13,172
1928	R	−57.3%	2,285	8,493	10,836
1924	R	−51.6%	2,462	8,232	11,175
1920	R	−44.6%	2,727	7,343	10,344
1916	R	−4.6%	3,461	3,802	7,481
1912	D	+2.0%	2,482	2,333	7,287
1908	R	−15.8%	3,131	4,364	7,804
1904	R	−42.6%	2,141	5,553	8,003
1900	R	−10.1%	3,908	4,809	8,942
1896	D	+4.0%	4,631	4,270	9,090
1892	R	−12.1%	2,837	3,788	7,853
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

5.5%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.6%

2.6%

75–84

3.0%

5.8%

65–74

6.3%

6.7%

55–64

7.2%

5.9%

45–54

5.9%

6.5%

35–44

6.3%

6.4%

25–34

6.5%

4.3%

18–24

3.7%

7.9%

5–17

7.5%

2.5%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,597

Eaton County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Eaton County$79,597

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

10.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.1%

Mainline Protestant

3.5%

Methodist

1.8%

Baptist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Eaton County sits immediately west of Michigan's capital, blending suburban Lansing commuter communities with small agricultural towns—a mix that has compressed its once-reliably wide Republican margins to single digits in recent presidential cycles.

The Democratic margin in Eaton County has rarely exceeded seventeen points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-seven points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by three points.

Eaton County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 81% non-Hispanic-white share, a 8% poverty rate, and a median household income of $79,597 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Essex County and Warren County.

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